Philippines violence: Marawi civilians trapped as fire breaks truce
BBC Online :Hundreds of civilians remain trapped in the besieged Philippine city of Marawi after gunfire disrupted a four-hour truce to evacuate them.Officials had hoped...
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Russia says North Korea nukes are a ‘direct threat’
AP, Singapore :North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are threatening to Russia, a Russian official said Sunday.“It is not only (a) ballistic missile defense system – it...
Trump calls for ‘travel ban’ amid London terror attacks
AFP, Washington :United States President Donald Trump offered US help to Britain in response to reports of three violent incidents including a vehicle mowing down...
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ISIS suspect ‘Jihadi Jack’ caught in SyriaAP, LondonA 21-year-old British man dubbed “Jihadi Jack” has been captured by Kurdish fighters in Syria where he was...
Trump believes the climate is changing, says US envoy Nikki Haley
Reuters, Washington :US President Donald Trump “believes the climate is changing,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Saturday after Trump’s decision...
Hurdles to Franco-German bargain on Euro zone are high
Reuters, Berlin :Midway through their news conference in Berlin last month, French President Emmanuel Macron turned to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and laid out a...
India, France show common front on climate change fight
AP, Paris :French President Emmanuel Macron and the prime minister of India put forth a common front on the need to fight climate change on...
Venezuela leader promises Constitution referendum to calm crisis
AFP, Caracas :Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has offered to hold a referendum on contested constitutional reforms in an apparent bid to calm critics in his...
May, rival face angry voters as election nears
AFP, London :Angry voters rounded on British Prime Minister Theresa May in a live television grilling on Friday, just six days before the general election...
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Billions spent on settlers since Israel captured WBAFP, Jerusalem Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in...
US SC sets deadline for travel ban filings
PTI, Washington :The US Supreme Court has set a 10-day deadline for the challengers of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban on citizens from six...
North Korea a ‘clear and present danger’ to world: Mattis
AP, Singapore :North Korea is accelerating its push to acquire a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening the United States and other nations, and the U.S....